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- BFI identifier255467
- Date1973 (Copyright)
1974-03-21 (Television) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisStephen, the only son of a Worcestershire village rector, is approaching his 18th birthday and feels he is facing a crisis as he questions his inner self. He rejects the established Church and finds hope in the older faith of the pagan king Penda who once ruled that part of England. An intense and intellectual youth, he begins to have strange dreams and fantasies - a mixture of pagan and Christian visions. (Synopsis)
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- Credits
- CastSpencer Banks (Stephen)
John Atkinson (Reverend J. Franklin)
Georgine Anderson (Mrs Franklin)
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Title
Penda's Fen (Original)
Category
FictionThis work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes February 2016
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Series Work - 768065
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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Work - 255467 - 1973 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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